#lycopene — Public Fediverse posts

What are the best, healthiest vegetables? The ones that you’ll actually eat, experts say https://www.diningandcooking.com/1879867/what-are-the-best-healthiest-vegetables-the-ones-that-youll-actually-eat-experts-say/ #antioxidant #betacarotene #bioavailability #CookedVegetables #Cooking #CookingMethods #dietitian #Lycopene #NutritionalContent #RawVegetables #TheBestVegetables #Vegetables

🍅Welcome back to #TomatoTuesday!🍅
In a new #JIPB paper,🍅He et al. report that two🍅members of the APETALA2🍅family mediate a🍅🍅#transcriptional cascade that orchestrates #carotenoid #biosynthesis🍅in #tomato.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13650🍅
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci🍅#lycopene #fruit #botany

Genetically engineered pink #pineapples fly off shelves. Their flesh is made #pink thanks to an extra helping of #lycopene, a carotenoid & pigment that occurs naturally in pineapples and also gives watermelon & tomatoes their red color: https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/pink-pineapples-are-in-high-demand #GMO #acceptance

Exciting new research out now! We analyzed lycopene β-cyclases from multiple kingdoms of life, predicted their transmembrane structures, and identified new enzymes for carotenoid production:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01492
#lycopene #carotenoids #genomics #enzymes

Many thanks to Vanessa, Volker, and Nadja for this fruitful collaboration. It has been a pleasure working with such a talented and motivated team.